LIB495 Catherine Peck

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Isn't this the capstone? If you haven't figured out your way through a course by the time you get to the capstone then a Zoom meeting isn't going to help you.

This is the capstone.  It is quite common for students not to understand how to put the capstone paper together. 

For anyone about to take LIB495, Be advised that PECK and HAYDEL both have issues as outlined below:


Prof Haydel will want you to join a weekly zoom meeting, as well as provide your personal email and phone number. She will want to set you up with a "buddy" in class, as well as call you at home. If you say you are not available for the nonrequired zoom calls, she will tell you that you will be hindered. None of this is in the course descriptions or requirements. This is her personal preference for running the course. It's more work, more time, and an infringement on your space. I asked not to be called in the evening, but she called me in the evening anyway. So that's Haydel.

Catherine Peck has a huge ego and she will not admit when she is wrong, even if you prove it to her beyond a shadow of a doubt. Other professors at TESU will adjust grades if they make a mistake, but Peck will not. She will not admit to her own mistakes and that makes her untrustworthy as a mentor. If she makes a mistake on one of your papers, and you point it out, too bad for you. She doesn't make mistakes. Ever.

I would avoid both of these professors if you are a strong student because the stress and hassle isn't worth it. If you are a weaker student, then maybe Haydel's method will help you.

Ah, some school drama, I love it!

If Zoom meetings are optional, who cares about that?

Personal email, give them your TESU email.  

Phone number either don't give it out or get an IP phone number which is set up never to notify you if called.  So you gave your primary phone #, and then you were surprised when called?

Peck gave you a grade, and you didn't accept it?  Nice try to dispute the grade.  Now it's time to move on.

Is all this drama because you got a B grade on one of your papers?  I would be more concerned about what my final grade will be.

In my 6 courses, I haven't had any problems with the professors at TESU.  I think it would be fairer to your professors if you completed the course first before starting a flame thread.

If the Zoom meetings are optional, but the prof says you will be hindered if you don't participate, there is some meaning there. If you trust the prof, you will be hindered. Students on the verge of enrolling in her class should be aware of that. If you want to ignore a prof who tells you failing to participate will hinder you, that is your choice. You can enroll in it. Others who read here may not like that. The info is provided to help others choose.

As for Peck, the rubrics and course objectives exist for a reason. Professors can't make up their own requirements for courses. So if a professor marks according to some "rubric" of their own, you can and should absolutely take it up the ladder if they don't adjust the grade.  What Peck did was fail to see that I had answered all the questions, and then when I pointed it out she admitted that she overlooked it, that she failed to see it. This isn't a matter of dispute. She saw her mistake. But what did she do? Fix it? No. She said it was my fault that she failed to see that I had answered the questions because in this research paper course, I did not use the personal pronoun "I".... which is not a requirement of the assignments, and is in fact, contrary to the text, contrary to the lesson and purpose of the course. My post to others here are not because I'm a butt hurt loser who can't take correction. My post is about a butt hurt professor who can't take correction. Some students won't care, but some will. This is a public service message and each can decide for themselves.

Also, it doesn't matter how many courses either of us have completed at TESU. I have taken more than you, but if in your next course you encounter a prof who wants to phone you every night when you are already asleep (because you are a shift worker), my having more courses doesn't discount your experience. For a student who doesn't want to deal with ego out of control, or late night calls, etc al of this information is useful.

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Zoom meetings? I wouldn't give anyone my personal email or phone number. Not happening. No need for a professor/instructor to call a student. I've been taking classes for many many years and I've NEVER had a professor call me unless I initiated contact because I needed help. A professor just randomly calling me a home is freaking creepy and totally unnecessary. Does she not understand how online courses work?

Isn't this the capstone? If you haven't figured out your way through a course by the time you get to the capstone then a Zoom meeting isn't going to help you.

Yes, it is very strange and I was put off and confused by it as well. However, I think she actually means well. It's just one of those things students need to be aware of before choosing a class/instructor.

She is actually very kind and thinks of the students as her legacy. She is willing to help and make sure students do well, which is admirable. But yeah, when I first encountered her format it shocked me as I had never experienced that level of involvement before. I actually mistakenly thought she might be a power-tripping control freak, but I think she does all this for those students who are weaker writers, and less experienced with research papers, etc. She wants to make sure everyone succeeds. But yeah, I'm an older student with a previous degree and a few years in other online schools and I have never encountered anything like this either.

For some students, it may be ideal. To each his own.

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Yikes, I definitely wouldn't want to be in forced Zoom meetings, nor would I want to be with a professor who can't admit that he or she is wrong.

Yep. Peck admitted she was wrong about not seeing I had answered the questions, but then rather than take ownership of her mistake, she tried to blame me for her failures by saying it would have been more obvious to her if I used first person pronouns in the answer, lol.  However, it's a research essay course and first person pronouns are not allowed. But the real issue to me is that she kept moving the goalpost. That's what I found concerning about her.

I could have stayed in the class, but I lost trust for her at that point and got out of it.

Dr Haydel will make sure everyone in her class can write an APA paper for grad school, but if you are already at that level, then her class might feel like overkill.